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Community involvement and self-rated health status: Findings from a cross-sectional survey in Central Sydney Volume 14 Issue 11-12

Li Ming Wen, Chris Rissel, Alex Voukelatos, Peter Sainsbury

New South Wales Public Health Bulletin 14(12) 213 - 217 Published: 01 December 2003

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Li Ming Wen

Chris Rissel

Alex Voukelatos

Peter Sainsbury

Abstract

A sense of community and community involvement are said to have positive effects on health status; however, research supporting such associations is inconclusive. This article uses data from the 1998 NSW Health Survey—an annual telephone survey of approximately 17 000 residents throughout the State—to investigate the association between sense of community and community involvement and self-reported health.